Ruellia purshiana

Classification	Dicots
Family	Acanthaceae
Family (Traditional)	Acanthaceae
Genus	Ruellia
Species:	Ruellia purshiana Fernald
Common Name	Purshs Wild Petunia
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Petiole Type: subpetiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: Purple; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: axillary; Inflorescence Types: spike; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 10; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sepal Fusion: Yes; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 4; Tepal Fusion: No; Tepal Number: 0
C value	8
Status	Native; TN[S1S2] (State Rank); G3 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Blount (TN), Carter (TN), Claiborne (TN), Grainger (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hancock (TN), Hawkins (TN), Jackson (TN), Jefferson (TN), Knox (TN), Loudon (TN), Monroe (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Shelby (TN), Sullivan (TN), Union (TN), Washington (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, ETSU, HTTU, TENN, UCHT, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1931 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
APSC0030810	Loudon	Tennessee	15 May 1936	S. A. Cain and A. J. Sharp 4497	APSC Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030823	Knox	Tennessee	29 May 1934	Nelson Hodges 50	APSC Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030812	Sullivan	Tennessee	05 Jun 1958	Bill Carrier	APSC Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030822	Knox	Tennessee	13 Oct 1936	W. D. Billings, W. B. Drew s.n.	APSC Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030816	Carter	Tennessee	05 Jun 1956	A. B. Grindstaff Not shown	APSC Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030814	Monroe	Tennessee	19 May 1963	Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Sharp, Gayle Jones, Carolyn Varner, Gwynn Ramsey 31273	APSC Ruellia purshiana
HTTU000813	Jackson	Tennessee			HTTU Ruellia purshiana
HTTU000815	Overton	Tennessee			HTTU Ruellia purshiana
UCHT026568	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Ruellia purshiana
ETSU026069	Washington	Tennessee	10 May 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker 19232	ETSU Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030818	Jefferson	Tennessee	31 Oct 1999	H. R. DeSelm not shown	APSC Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030817	Blount	Tennessee	29 May 1979	H. R. deSelm	APSC Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030821	Knox	Tennessee	23 May 1934	A.J. Sharp 882	APSC Ruellia purshiana
HTTU008056	Jackson	Tennessee			HTTU Ruellia purshiana
BRIT67706	Knox	Tennessee	02 Jun 1940	R. Kral 720	VDB Ruellia purshiana
ETSU026170	Washington	Tennessee	22 May 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker 19334	ETSU Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030806	Knox	Tennessee	02 Jun 1940	A.J. Sharp 729	APSC Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030803	Grainger	Tennessee	10 Jun 2003	Dwayne Estes et al. 4879	APSC Ruellia purshiana
APSC0051483	Hancock	Tennessee	28 Aug 2004	H. R. DeSelm	APSC Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030819	Knox	Tennessee	31 May 1963	H.R. DeSelm with J.K. Underwood 31327	APSC Ruellia purshiana
HTTU000810	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Ruellia purshiana
UCHT026569	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Ruellia purshiana
BRIT67707	Grainger	Tennessee	27 Aug 2004	Dwayne Estes 06853	VDB Ruellia purshiana
N/A	Hawkins	Tennessee	12 Jun 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker	ETSU Ruellia purshiana
N/A	Washington	Tennessee	22 May 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker	ETSU Ruellia purshiana
APSC0051449	Hancock	Tennessee	04 Aug 2004	H. R. De Selm 18-Apr	APSC Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030809		Tennessee	1896-Not shown-Not shown	Gaines Harrell 1	APSC Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030820	Knox	Tennessee	22 May 1931	Mary B. Wilson Not shown.	APSC Ruellia purshiana
HTTU000814	Jackson	Tennessee			HTTU Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030811	Union	Tennessee	27 May 1934	R. Rice 989	APSC Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030824	Loudon	Tennessee	15 May 1936	S. A. Cain, A. J. Sharp 4497	APSC Ruellia purshiana
APSC0051366	Hancock	Tennessee	10 Oct 2004	H.R. De Selm 18-Apr	APSC Ruellia purshiana
HTTU000816		Tennessee			HTTU Ruellia purshiana
ETSU026288	Hawkins	Tennessee	12 Jun 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker 19452	ETSU Ruellia purshiana
N/A	Washington	Tennessee	22 May 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker	ETSU Ruellia purshiana
ETSU026169	Washington	Tennessee	22 May 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker 19333	ETSU Ruellia purshiana
UCHT034911	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030815	Claiborne	Tennessee	17 Jun 1989	H.R. DeSelm	APSC Ruellia purshiana
HTTU000811	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030808	Washington	Tennessee	29 May 1997	Edward Schell Not shown	APSC Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030807	Knox	Tennessee	17 May 1936	J.K. Underwood	APSC Ruellia purshiana
APSC0051471	Hancock	Tennessee	19 May 2004	H. R. De Selm 19-Apr	APSC Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030847	Loudon	Tennessee	19 Sep 1952	Sharp, Norris, MacLaughlin, Dietz, Woods. 16907	APSC Ruellia purshiana
APSC0030813	Sullivan	Tennessee	05 Jun 1958	Bill Carrier s.n.	APSC Ruellia purshiana
TENN-V-0244984	Union	Tennessee	19 May 2011	Aaron Floden 1529	TENN Ruellia purshiana
BRIT67708	Shelby	Tennessee	22 Jun 1978	Paul Somers 1213	VDB Ruellia purshiana
N/A	Washington	Tennessee	10 May 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker	ETSU Ruellia purshiana

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